Video enhancement internet media experience in converting high definition formats to video formats

Abstract

Image or video from a cell phone is processed to expand the image in a way to display it on a high definition video screen.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising: obtaining multiple video frames from a cellular phone; determining areas of motions within the video frames from the cellular phone; based on said areas of motions, separating the video frames into motion areas and background areas; and separating the background areas from the motion areas; and recasting the frame at a higher resolution format by using a computer for expanding the background areas to fill a higher resolution format frame, where the higher resolution format frame has a wider aspect ratio than the video frames from the cellular phone, and the expanding of the background area uses those background areas to fill the wider format aspect ratio, while using motion compensation to reduce distortion in the motion areas, to convert the multiple video frames from the cellular phone from a format intended for a cellular telephone screen to the higher resolution format frame. 
     
     
       2. A method as in  claim 1 , wherein said motion areas of the video frames represent areas with motion vectors greater than a specified amount. 
     
     
       3. A method comprising:
 using a computer for converting a video from a cellular phone to a size that can be displayed on a high definition display screen greater than 720i, and at an aspect ratio of 16×9, wherein said computer separates background areas from motion areas in the video, and recasts the video at a higher resolution format by expanding background areas to fill a higher resolution format frame, where the higher resolution format frame has a wider aspect ratio than the video from the cellular phone, and the expanding of the background area uses those background areas to fill the wider format aspect ratio. 
 
     
     
       4. A method as in  claim 1 , wherein said recasting recasts the video frames to fill a 16×9 image screen using expansion of the background. 
     
     
       5. A video converting system, comprising:
 a processor obtaining multiple video frames from a cellular phone, determining areas of motions within the video frames from the cellular phone, and based on said areas of motion, separating the video frames into motion areas and background areas, said processor separating the background areas from the motion areas, and recasting the video frames at a higher resolution format by expanding the background areas to fill the higher resolution format frame, where the higher resolution format frame has a wider aspect ratio than the video frames from the cellular phone, and the processor expands the background area by using those background areas to fill the wider format aspect ratio, while using motion compensation to reduce distortion in the motion areas, to convert the multiple video frames from the cellular phone from a format intended for a cellular telephone screen to the higher resolution format frame. 
 
     
     
       6. A system as in  claim 5 , wherein said motion areas of the video frames represent areas with motion vectors greater than a specified amount. 
     
     
       7. A system as in  claim 5 , wherein said recasting recasts the frame to fill a 16×9 image screen using expansion of the background areas.